The Battle of the Bulge: Exploring the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial

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  • @Lava1964
    @Lava1964 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you for posting these videos. They are very respectful and well done. Where does the bell music that played the national anthem come from?

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From the top of the chapel.. Thank you for viewing my videos..

  • @michaellnbnj
    @michaellnbnj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Proud to say that this is my grandfather's final resting place. GOD Bless them all! And thanks for producing this video.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Mike, thank you for your comments!

    • @michaellnbnj
      @michaellnbnj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're welcome Vic!

  • @TEXCAP
    @TEXCAP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sir, I enjoyed the video. I have an uncle that was buried in this cemetery. He fought with Pattons 3rd Army 4th Armd. Div. 37th Tank Battalion. He was in the first tank (Cobra King) that broke into Bastogne on 26 Dec. 44. He was KIA on 19 Mar. 45 in Bad Kreuznach Germany. Our family decided to bring him home several years later. What a beautiful place so far from home.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello, thank you for your comments and for watching my videos!!

  • @FFEMTB08
    @FFEMTB08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for posting this. Many of us Americans will never have the opportunity to visit this place. Thank you as well for visiting them and caring for our boys. My grandfather was 2nd wave of Normandy on D-Day. He earned a Bronze Star with a V and a Purple Heart. Staff Sergeant John L. Winstead, US Army, Infantry.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello, thank you for your comments!! 👍👍👍

  • @leonowak6209
    @leonowak6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In Battle of Bulge , American army lost 19200 KIA . Its hard to imagine pain of families who lost husband , sons , fathers . Greeting from Poland to Brave American soldiers . They fight to Free Europe from nazi tyranny. They will be never forgotten .

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello, thank you for your comments!! 👍👍👍

  • @bobdollar8746
    @bobdollar8746 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow did this video bring back memories. I was there in 2014. I have my picture at General Patton's grave. He was a HERO of mine since I can remember hearing about him. I am career military. It was very touching. Thank you very much for posting the video.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Bob, thank you fo viewing my comments and for viewing my videos!

  • @daisymcclellan3715
    @daisymcclellan3715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank You Vic, your a man of Honor. I appreciate you making these historical and important videos.
    May God always be with you.
    Jerry W. Patton
    USMC Veteran

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello my friend, thank you for these wonderful comments! 👍👍👍

  • @oxy9387
    @oxy9387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for liberating us! It will never be forgotten!

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello, thank you for watching my videos!! 👍👍👍

  • @malikjamshed1207
    @malikjamshed1207 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Salute to all these brave men who fought for their country and to make world safer place to live.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello, thank you for your comments and for watching my videos!!

  • @luxembourgishempire2826
    @luxembourgishempire2826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks so SO much for this... I went here on a school trip once. Without you Americans we would be speaking German not Luxembourgish so thank you!!!

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello, thank you for your comments!! 👍👍👍

  • @AndySalinger33
    @AndySalinger33 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sir, I've been watching your incredible videos all day. You really handled this one with care and a soft touch. My Grandfather was in this battle, and I thank you for your detant.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi, thank you for viewing my videos and for your wonderful comments!!

  • @jimkey920
    @jimkey920 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Vic I share you intrest and humility for cemetaries. I had three uncles engaged i the WW II European Theater. One was i N. Afreica and Salerno, he was wounded seriously in Italy and shipped home. he survived with some nerve damage to an arm. Two others were in the Normandy Invasion one was wounded. Amazingly another who was in Airborn was no even scratched. He made it to the Ardennes without injury. The other was wounded in france so missed the Ardenne but was well enough for the invasio of germany. he was wouned 3 times altogether. I remember the two of them coming home in the Fall of 1945. They had no animosity toward thei, former, "Enemy". I salute yournon partisan effort and respect your neutrality. I lived , for a time in Ukraine, My wife and I would visit old soldiers and give them Chocolate Bars for their service. The there was the civilans: I met a lady who was a generator repairman on Steam Locamotives. She and her Girls would work with nearly frozen hands to keep the generators operational. I have nothing but respect for all soldiers, the fallen have made all attonement neccesary. My brother and I are Marines

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Jim, thank you for letting is know about the heroes from your family, how interesting!! I never served in any army...

  • @spacecatboy2962
    @spacecatboy2962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thanks for showing us around, you did a very good job

  • @dkl38
    @dkl38 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My Grandfather's earthly remains rest in Plot:F, Row:7, Grave:11 of this cemetery. PFC William Lynch, Company A, First Battalion, 8th Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was killed in action January 20, 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge in Bettendorf Luxembourg, and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, posthumously. Thank you so much for honoring him and the 5,075 other American patriots who are also buried here. Sincerely, a very humbled American...

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello my friend and thank you for your wonderful comments!!

  • @alexmook6786
    @alexmook6786 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Vic...I went there two years before you did and it brought back incredible memories. Thank you for posting this.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for viewing my videos, I am so glad that you liked this one!!

  • @hansstrik4704
    @hansstrik4704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s unbelievable that only in this Battle of the Bulge 80.000 American soldiers died, it started around Christmas time in 1944, many of them were brought to the cemetery of Margraten in Holland.
    They all gave their lives for our freedom!

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Hans, thank you for your comments. I believe that only around 20 thousand Americans died during the Battle of the Bulge... the rest of them were either wounded or missing..

  • @johnlawhon5337
    @johnlawhon5337 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    In memory of Arthur Felix Chandler killed in the Battle of the Bulge near Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Jan 13, 1945. He received the Silver Star for his valor under fire while calling in an artillery on German positions just before being killed by German tank fire on his position.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi and thank you for viewing my videos!!

    • @georgeterenstra494
      @georgeterenstra494 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andre Rieu & Orchestra - 'Lost Heroes'
      America
      th-cam.com/video/DdrvtiSmP1w/w-d-xo.html
      And
      th-cam.com/video/3d4xXvF2ukY/w-d-xo.html
      Sent from Holland

    • @jimkey920
      @jimkey920 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My Uncle , the wounded one mentioned was a Technical Seargeant and worked on US Tank recovery and repair. Getting those Shermans back into action to prevent losses like your relatives was his job. The Sherman was at a perpetual dissadvantage, in training, tactics and weaonry. Still they got the job done.

  • @mikeforte7585
    @mikeforte7585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My late father in law fought in the battle of the Ardennes....he married a Dutch woman and every 5 years he would visit her family in Holland then go to the cemetery to visit his buddies....when my son asked him asked if he was a hero...his response was he was no hero....the only heroes were the ones who never came home..

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very interesting, thank you for these comments!! 😊😊😊

  • @tempestnirvana3543
    @tempestnirvana3543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow im American and i never knew one of the great, perhaps the greatest USA general is buried in Europe. Educational thanks.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello, thank you for watching my videos!! 👍👍👍

  • @almontepaolilli4909
    @almontepaolilli4909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Somber reminder of the sacrifices that were made by soldiers that died for their country.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for your comments and for viewing my videos!

  • @DianaKazimiera-
    @DianaKazimiera- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm not American.I am a Catholic and I pay tribute to all the fallen ✝️✡️.May they rest in peace 🙏God bless.
    Amazing document.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello, thank you for your comments and for watching my videos!! 👍👍👍

  • @Chrisamos412
    @Chrisamos412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My wife’s great Uncle is buried here, PFC Aston Morgan III 280 FA BN. He almost made it to the end, but he was KIA April 5 1945, he was just barely 17 when he joined the Army. One of countless hero’s from many nations who fought and paid the ultimate price, these lives were not taken in vane, they were for the ultimate cause.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello, thank you for your comments!! 👍👍👍

  • @Sp84245
    @Sp84245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done Vic

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Many thanks!! 👍👍👍

  • @CFarnwide
    @CFarnwide 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful shot of the white rose!

  • @RESQIK
    @RESQIK 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My Wife and I were here in 1976, This is a beautiful, serene and peaceful, also beautiful place...We were glad tha General George S. Patton's gravesite is here..He was a great man and Soldier and as far as I am concerned, HE WAS A SOLDIER'S GENERAL...I'm Retired from the US ARMY after 21 YEARS AND 7 DAYS...According to my DD Form 214... ooorah!! 24 Sep 58 - - 1 Oct 79

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi GIen, thank you for your comments.. I am a fan of Patton as well and this was the principal reason for visiting this cemetery, to visit his grave..

  • @BK-uf6qr
    @BK-uf6qr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Keep it up Vic!

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, will do!

  • @putramatebean2606
    @putramatebean2606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rest in peace for the American great soldiers who died there. I like this chanel so much as it can increase my knowledge b knowing the remains of the WWII.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello my friend, thank you for these wonderful comments! 👍👍👍

    • @putramatebean2606
      @putramatebean2606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No worries My chanel is the same topict as yours.I talk about the war between Indonesia and TImor Leste during Indonesian Invasion to Timor Leste in 1975 to 1999.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@putramatebean2606 Great!! 👍👍👍

  • @kathybrisky
    @kathybrisky 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks Vic, I will probably never get there to see it. Do you think anyone ever wins a war?

  • @warrenchambers4819
    @warrenchambers4819 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My great uncle was killed there Dec1944. Sgt Eschol Webb.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  9 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @71superbee39
    @71superbee39 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I may never make it there so I'll pay my respects here...God rest our warriors...

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello, thank you for watching my videos!! 👍👍👍

  • @williamvinther9663
    @williamvinther9663 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video !!!!!!11

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +william vinther Thank you for viewing my videos...

  • @Demizenn
    @Demizenn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it!

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you!!

    • @Demizenn
      @Demizenn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      can you explore, hiroshima?, if you can, i want you to go to the last standing building of hiroshima, if you dont know what it is search: "Last standing Building of Hiroshima", i love to see my suggested video of yours going to hiroshima and see that building, you deserve a big like.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi, I have been to Hiroshima before but at that time, I was takking photos.. I know about the last standing building in Hiroshima.. Btw, I may be going back in a few months

  • @michaelgulash2468
    @michaelgulash2468 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he said 80 thousand americans died at the battle of ardens or bulge, that is simply not true

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From wikipedia: From among the Americans' peak strength of 610,000 troops, there were 89,000 casualties, including about 19,000 killed. The "Bulge" was the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in World War II and the third-deadliest campaign in American history.

  • @davidmcleod7757
    @davidmcleod7757 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing how they keep these cemeteries so immaculate and green but arlingtons is burnt grass

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello, thank you for watching my videos!! 😊😊😊All the American military cemeteries that I have visited around the world (outside the USA) are immaculately kept..

  • @jroar123
    @jroar123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You called Patton “Notorious”. Notorious means famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello, thank you for your comments!! 👍👍👍

  • @ronniecardy
    @ronniecardy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like someone drew a picture in the grass wile using their feet

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello, thank you for your comments!! 👍👍👍

  • @SugoiEnglish1
    @SugoiEnglish1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Notorious is not a right word for GS Patton JR imho Vic.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are right.. You are right... Thank you for your comment!!

    • @Hawkido
      @Hawkido 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, to the Nazis and Fascist Italians he was. The press and politicians didn't think too highly of him either. But I don't care a whole lot what those people think. He was the General we needed when we needed him. Very interesting man, and a great general.

    • @vivians9392
      @vivians9392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think his "mouth" was his most notorious feature, but the Commander and Chief straightened that problem out.

  • @ronniecardy
    @ronniecardy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What I believe is the American's pay the upkeep on these Cemeteries

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, there is a Commission (American) responsible the budgets of all military cemeteries around the world!

  • @raimundobarbosa25
    @raimundobarbosa25 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tradução para o português.

    • @VicStefanu
      @VicStefanu  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Existe uma maneira de assistir a um vídeo do youtube com legendas em português, verifique na internet como fazer isso